The Ecommerce Assistant Blog

Follow my blog to find the latest tips and advice to help you make more sales on your website using Shopify + Klaviyo as well as the latest ecommerce news and updates.

Boost your email list with unique sign up offers: 7 creative alternatives to the 10% discount

Boost your email list with unique sign up offers: 7 creative alternatives to the 10% discount

Just because everyone else does something, doesn't mean you have to follow suit. And your email sign up offer is no different. In fact, standing out by offering something different...
November 28, 2023
The importance of using your brand consistently as a small business by Goldfinch Marketing

The importance of using your brand consistently as a small business by Goldfinch Marketing

In this guest blog, Christina from Goldfinch Marketing, shares her thoughts and experience on the importance of branding and gives three reasons why small businesses must make consistency a key part...
October 03, 2023
Treat your Shopify website navigation like a restaurant menu for the perfect customer experience

Treat your Shopify website navigation like a restaurant menu for the perfect customer experience

The navigation (or main menu) on your online shop is such an important aspect of your website but it’s one area I see small businesses get in a muddle over...
August 23, 2023
Six reasons you don't need a loyalty app on your Shopify website to increase customer loyalty

Six reasons you don't need a loyalty app on your Shopify website to increase customer loyalty

Desperate to add a customer loyalty app to your Shopify website? You might want to reconsider Keeping customers loyal is an essential focus for all successful ecommerce businesses. But a...
July 05, 2023
How can Klaviyo Email Marketing help Ecommerce Businesses Create Customer Loyalty

How can email marketing with Klaviyo help your ecommerce business create customer loyalty

Email marketing isn’t dead.  As we enter 2023, it feels as though the focus has shifted away from Facebook ads and Instagram content, to a more community-led and conversational marketing...
January 16, 2023
Blog posts Top ecommerce customer service tips for your Shopify store

Top ecommerce customer experience tips for your Shopify store to delight your customers

Customer service is key for making an online store a success, people want to be delighted by you and the way in which you interact with them before or after...
July 12, 2021
What ecommerce metrics should you be reporting on to grow your online business?

What ecommerce metrics should you be reporting on to grow your online business?

You think your online sales are growing and you feel like things are going well for your business but are you actually taking the time to look at the data and see where things are going well and where you may have some room to make improvements?

June 09, 2021
Three things you should do with every online order

Three things you should do with every online order

Without customers, you have no business. Make it your aim to delight them with everything you do. Being an independent business has its advantages, you can make sure you are...
April 30, 2021
Blog posts Five of the best Shopify apps to use on your online store

Five of the best Shopify apps to use on your online store

You may have heard of a wonderful place called the Shopify App Store. And you would be right, it is pretty great. But if you have just built and potentially...
February 15, 2021
Is your Shopify website converting enough sessions to sales?

Is your Shopify website converting enough sessions to sales?

Stop right there, before you start to drive a ton of traffic to your site in the hope of more orders, have you checked that your website is working as...
September 01, 2020
How to optimise your Shopify homepage

How to optimise your Shopify homepage

Although you probably feel like you look at it all the time, have you really looked at your homepage recently. And I don’t mean scanning over it or updating the...
August 25, 2020